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TOP 5: Biggest Winning Margins Over Fremantle

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 25: Dustin Martin of the Richmond Tigers and Lee Spurr of the Fremantle Dockers wrestle during the round 17 AFL match between the Richmond Tigers and the Fremantle Dockers at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 25, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Richmond will be looking to secure back-to-back wins as they travel to Perth to take on the winless Fremantle this Saturday night. The Dockers have been part of the AFL system since 1995, with 2016 therefore being their 21st year. Throughout the period between 1996 and 2015, the Tigers have managed to beat the Dockers 15 times with rather disparate margins – some are as close as a point and others are in the shadows of triple figures.

Within those 15 wins, the Tigers have dominated at the MCG with seven wins and another five have been in Perth at Domain Stadium. Other singular wins have taken place at Etihad Stadium, the WACA and Princes Park. On the statistical side of things – two of those 15 wins has seen Jack Riewoldt as the leading goal kicker outright and one more whereby he was the equal leading goal kicker; five of the wins also saw Matthew Richardson at the leading goal kicker outright and one more whereby he was the equal leading goal kicker. Two of the wins also saw Shane Tuck netting the most disposals and another six wins whereby Wayne Campbell netted the most disposals.

Taken together, here is a look at the top five biggest winning margins between Fremantle and Richmond. Take note of the margins in #4 and #5 on the list...ironically the exact same margin!